A UK Appeals Tribunal has upheld a landmark ruling that anti-Zionist beliefs remain protected under equality laws, rejecting the University of Bristol’s challenge to findings that it unlawfully discriminated against a professor by dismissing him over comments expressing those beliefs. In a judgement handed down on Tuesday, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal’s findings that Professor David Miller’s dismissal over his anti-Zionist beliefs amounted to unlawful direct discrimination because of his protected philosophical beliefs. The appeal tribunal held that the lower tribunal "had not erred in any of its conclusions on liability", including its finding that Miller's beliefs about Zionism qualified for protection under the Equality Act 2010. In its 2024 ruling, the employment tribunal had found that Miller had been dismissed because of comments expressing his anti-Zionist beliefs, which it held were protected philosophical beliefs under the Equality Act 2010. The appeal tribunal agreed with the court's conclusion that Miller's beliefs - that political Zionism is inherently racist, imperialistic and colonial and should therefore be opposed - qualified for legal protection.